TEHRAN (Basieat): The US military’s insistence on defying international regulations cost them the loss of their high-altitude spy drone on Thursday, Lieutenant Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh said on Friday, adding that US’ RQ-4 Global Hawk was warned for several times before being shot down over Iranian airspace.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said shooting down on Thursday of a US drone by his forces had a straightforward message that any foreign intrusion into Iran’s sovereign territories would draw a crushing response.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Iran’s highest-ranking commander dismissed the US’ allegations against Iran in the wake of recent attacks on oil tankers, saying Iran has the courage, unlike the deceptive Americans, to carry out plans to block oil exports from the Persian Gulf overtly if it had such an intention.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Hormozgan Maritime Search and Rescue Centre in Southern Iran has managed to evacuate the crew of two large oil tankers hit by two successive blasts in the Sea of Oman on Thursday morning, an informed source said.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Commander of the newly established Air Defense Force of the Iranian Army said special plans have been devised to ensure security of the annual commemorative services marking the anniversary of demise of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic.